Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes

I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: spanish
  • Birth: September 25, 1964

Topics

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Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Jim Morrison

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When I was younger, I thought that straight hair was, like, the only thing. So I was trying to be like Naomi Campbell or Tyra Banks. I didn't know that people would add hair for more length. I'm like, 'Oh all these people just have natural hair like this.' I obviously grew up and figured out that everyone does something to their hair.

Jillian Hervey

PeopleHairThoughtTryingKnowOut

It's funny. I did give birth to an alien on 'The X-Files.' And it's just the teaser, so I'm dead before we even get into the episode.

Megan Follows

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I loved Disney. 'Fantasia' was my first, favorite Disney movie. And it just kept going. I loved 'Bambi.' I loved 'Cinderella,' 'Lady and the Tramp' and 'Snow White' and even 'Mary Poppins' which wasn't even fully animated - it was just a little bit animated. They were such a part of my growing up years; I was just very connected to them.

Anika Noni Rose

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My biggest frustration is the lack of scale in the music industry. The fact that no one has sold 100 million copies of an album is frustrating.

Troy Carter

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People know the Marley family for music.

Rohan Marley

FamilyMusicPeopleKnowMarley

Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,.

Joshua Sylvester

LoveHumbleMeThoughtsYouHeaven

I've got two artificial knees, I have an artificial shoulder, and I'm reasonably healthy given the damage I've done to myself. Everything hurts.

Brian Dennehy

MyselfHealthyDoneTwoShoulder

Arafat was a barrier to peace.

Chuck Schumer

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The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

Boyd Rice

TruthUnderstandingWillAlwaysOver

I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.

Willie Nelson

GodKnowledgeMeThinkYouPerson

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

William Landay

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